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WEDNESDAY MORN'INO. OCTOBER' 27.
THE OttBnON ' fVTATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON
SPEECHES EXALT CHARACTER AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF MISSIONARY
- 9 . "' : V ,"-r's
BOOTH DEPICTS
HARDSHIPS MET
BY JASON LEE
Courage of Honored Mis
' xionary and Pioneer Pic
jtured in Address
STATE SERVICE LAUDED
Significance of Hazardous
Journey Eastward to Save
Northwest is Told
"There Is so much of fitness In
the principal event of American
history, -that it tends to conrir.m
. the belief common, to so many
' people that there is a Providence
i that directs the thoughts and ac
tions of mankind; and this idea
; has equal sanction whether it re
lates to discovery, occupancy or
, institutions." said Hon. R. A.
rose mould, intellectual i equip
ment and unflagging zeal, and
his accomplishments in the work
to which he was called justified
the expectations of those who
commissioned him.
"American pioneering has al
most invariaby imposed hard
ships. But with hardships has
come courage and the will to en
dure. Courage 'always goes wth
leadership and when you couple
leadership with the building or
new frontier states and the pro
mulgation of the gospel. '"
grant at once to those who lead
the quality of courage as yen as
certain! know that hardship will
almost-constantly surround tnem.
"It took something of courage
and it imposed a measure of
hardship on those sturdy pioneers
who paddled down the Ohio from
Pittsburfg and spread out over
the Mississippi valley. But they
went into a land well expored
and fairly well known. The
movement had for its purpss- the
betterment of , every j participant
and it seemed fairly? certain of
success; and nearby were, neigh
bors and about them was the pro
tection of government. ,
Protection Left Hehind
"To compare these movements
to the one of the early 30's.aeaa
ed by Lee with half a continent to
LOVE AND FAITH !
CONQUER EARLY
DAY OBSTACLES
A PRAYER .
Jason Lee Likened to Wash
ington and Lincoln by
Bishop Shepherd 1
WORKS ARE REVIEWED
Character, Not Physical
Stature Fits Missionary for
Battle (or Colonization
u.rH,hin cross.' with finger board or trail
or Jason Lee" at the unveiling only the setting sun to point
exercises at the state capitpi yes- is, VS "maPaa"ntg, ll
terday. "Men and achievement hardships of the ox team to the
linv tntimatelv and well with comiorts or me paiace car,
. this theory and its acceptance!
seems to simplify the interpreta
tion of the history of the. Oregon
: country whether we refer to
Captain Gray's discovery or Jthe
'event in which Jason Lee wa the
i principal actor.
X rv "The yearly Americans and
. many of their greatest son were
tested in poverty and disciplined
Lee and his companions Wt
behind " them the ; possibilities of
help and the protection of gov
ernment. Likewise behind tnein
was all they had hitherto lived
for. Be ore them was a needy
race and a duty to perform in Its
behalf.. They were moving under
the Inspiration of a divine dream.
with faith in God ani trust in
by hardships. Difficulties and ";s .
.1, I. i . v,. only defense and support.
r ;m- "Neither mountains miles high.
of America have at all time, be- Pralrifa nne5"Itr,,dmn
lieved and been stimulated by every turn deterred them. One
the thought -thate they were he may "k of hunger, disease r
moil Mhlv favored stf anv Oeo- irtrauucrj - u "T""
pie, and generally speaklns in it
all. they have seen a purpose as
wise as the plans of God. and it
may be said that their noblest
Impulse, their abiding, glory, has
been and is their willingness to
extend to others the civilization
that they have built for them
selves. i 4
New Era Comes
'And there has been ho lack
of heroic : messengers, missionar
ies, statesmen of soldiers to pro-
. claim, extend and defend what so
freely they have given to others
i "The adoption of our constitu
tlon that states the purposes and
'. fixed the course of our govern-
. ment and the discovery of 'the
Columbia river, . that so largely
influenced; our country; . boun
' dary, were events bearing nearly
even date. Substantially simui
taneoUs with these events came
into the hearts of men a revltal
lied Christianity that established
tta base very largely la America
a n (J pro f on n d ly -i rf lueteed the
thoughts and Ideals of the Amor-
lean people. It made of the 19th
' eentury a new era pf missionary
' activity, the religious note, was
Everywhere dominant in New
England, making altars at many
firesides and messengers of many
men. '.; : 1 -r
I "Into these times and environ
v ments came Jason Lee,-with the
' missionary spirit in his blood and
the call of God in his heart.
I "This at once Implied hard
ships and courage, for In him it
meant a restless activity until he
' had adjusted his .actions to the
pleading of his conscience.
i Indians Sock Light
j "New England no sooner heard
i that America's primitive sons ot
the west had called for "The Book
! i of Heaven," than they determined
' to send it. . Oat of all the men
men known to the authorities o
th church as best adapted to
carrv the cospel from the Allan
tic to the Pacific ocean and adapt
i it to the needs of the native in
dians. Jason Lee was at once
" i chosen. This stamped him : at
once as a man possessed of hc-
nntamed people and : consider
he"i tm hut the Incidents of the
daily life that attended Lee, but
to h m they were mere trines ana
of no consequence . save as -they
hindered in his progress
"His preparation was "or the
task at the end of the journey.
It was . this great undertaking
that daily occupied h'.s mind.
that found expression in his
prayers and record in his jour
nal
i Late Pioneer Outlon
"Lee must not be classed with
the hardy pioneer ' ho followed
rears later and became an essen
tial factor in civil 1 government,
even though he endured hardship
and oossessed courage. Tne set
tier came to find a home where
he should abide, largely for him
self: Lee was a missionary, an
ambassador with , a ' message and
with it all a splendid statesman
'In due course, be reachea the
tourney' end. bo far as westward
movement ' was,concenvea, ere
hA Tiiannjn nnn Tiianipn wen. uui
he found but littlei to encourage
In the immediate betterment of
the Indians. Their capacity and
disposition were not what he .bad
hoped for. It was clearly di
scerned by him that the upliit oi
the. Indian was to he a slow pro
cess that involved a comprehen
sive and continued plan; that re
quired the support of a strong
government. . i
"The need of the new man was
not a new faith only, but new and
continued works. Disappointing
and unexpected conditions did not
destroy the courage of Lee. It
only tested it. Here he learned
much of the Indian but at the
same time he learned of the great
possibilities or the Oregon coun
try and set them out in docu
ment later presented to congress
that marked their author as a
far-seeing statesman, imbued
wjth loyalty to his government
and fidelity to his fellow man.
"Here was the real testing .time
with Jason Lee, as I now view.it.
It was a time for action that t in
"Upon this occasion," said
Bishop Shepherfi, "when within
the capitol of a great state, a be
lated honor is paid to a man who
opened the way for modern civil
ization, although no panegyric or
fulsome laudation would be con"
sistent with his massive char
acter, it will be 'permitted to give
a measure of, praise which, be
cause of most peculiar circum
stances, has. sometimes been with
held. In the light of the history
already made, and with accom
plished jfacts everywhere about
us, we are able to judge better
than his contemporaries of the
fitness of the man whose name we
honor today for the great task to
which he gave his life. , i
"Today it is manifest that Ja
son Lee was a providential char
acter. As , Abraham was chosen
to be the founder of the 'Hebrew
people, and Moses was chosen to
be the saviour of that people;
and Washington was chosen to
be the father of his country and
Lincoln its saviour; so Jason Lee
was thosen to be the pioneer and
founder of a great civilization
which should be built upon the
ruins or a pagan and decadent
race. More and more as we re
cognize the value! of the institu
tions which have followed in the
wake of his sacrifice, the fame
of his name is established.
I.ce Likened to Lincoln.
''Washington and Lincoln, like
Saul, , the first king of the He
brews, were molded in noble phy
sical proportions as if to symbol
ize! ,n their own representative
personalities the greatness, of Am
erican territory and institutions.
Washington was six feet three;
and Lincoln, six feet four, in
stature. Jason Lee likewise was
of commanding proportions, and !
a dynamo of energy. Only a frame
of generaus proportions and iron
constitution could have takeh the
journeys afoot across mountain
find desert, and endured the hard
ships of those years of prison life.
Six feet four .inches in height,
symmetrjcallx, proportioned. . Jie
stood in the sight of all his fel
lows with the commanding dig
nity of a man. What must have
been his impression upon the na
tives Ao whom he came? When
he came ' first into this primeval
land, he was like John Alden, the
youngest of those who came in
the Mayflower,
By Rev. John Paron of IortUnl, delivered on th or
rasioti of the unveiling of a Lfe-wlze portrait of Jason Ie, la
the -Oregon-hall of repiesentatlres, Tuesday, Oct. 20. I
Almighty (Jotl, creator and preserver of all mankind,
builder of nations, and ruler in the affairs of men. we
acknowledge our dependence upon thee, and seek thy pro
tection and favor. Enrich our lives with thy. grace, and
incline our hearts to keep thy law.
Thy glory, O Lord, is declared in the heavens, and the
sky is full of thy handiwork, but the true shekinah is man.
Men are great in scul because they are made in thine '
image and great in achievement because the breath f the
Almighty giveth them understanding. ' (
A great man is thy gift to humanity. Such a gift
calls us together today. We are here to do something in
rememberance of one, whose devotion was passionate, and
whose life was a holy sacrifice on the alter of duty.
i We thank thee for Jason Lee. Help us to think of
his lowly life in the pineries of the north, of his spiritual
uplift in the sanctuary of God, of his fellowship with in
visible things, and of his great adventure to take the
book of life to those who sat in darkness. He was obedi
ent to thy law of sacrifice, and he lives in the world's life
because he renounced his own.
We thank thee for Jason Lee's beautiful life a life
radiant with sublime and heroic faith, consecrated to
great ideals, and sustained by dauntless courage and
steadfast purpose. In many a conflict, he endured as see
ing him who is invisible. ! j
We thank thee for what Jason Lee was able to ac
complish. Thou didst enable him to plant a'church, to
found a college, to organize a colony, and to establish
American institutions and civilization in Oregon. Thou
didst appoint him to set in motion forces which have
vibrated across the years, and which shall be a blessing
to future generations.
Thy blessing, O Lord, be upon our exercises here to
day, upon those who shall take part in the same, and upon
this great assembly. And grant that the picture to be un
veiled, the face of this strong, sincere, devout man, may
bring to thousands the confidence of reason, and the re
pose of faith. Amen. '
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LEE'S PLACE
IN HISTORY
MADE CLEAR
L B. Piper Says Missionary
Was Colonizer, Pioneer
and Statesman
STRUGGLES - PICTURED
Nation at Last is Grateful
to Work of Foreloper,
Speaker Declares
"If Jason Lee Had Not Come
vti the subject assigned Edgar
H. Piper, editor of The Oregon-
Ian, one or those who spoke at
the unveiling of the portrait of
Jason Lee in the hall ot repre
sentative yesterday. Mr. riper
said that Jason Lee was more
than missionary, that he was pio
neer, coloniser, patriot and states
man and a vital link In the caain
ot fata that bound Oregon to the
union.
"I am liven a rather extraor
dinary subject 'If Jason Lee
Had Not Come' and I am
warned that mr time will be lint
Ited to a few minutes only.' said
Mr. Piper. "It opens wide a rich
field of imagination and specula
tlon. and invites anew an exam
inatlon and an estimate of Javn
Lee's unique place in the h'ftory
of his time. It Is too much to
say it would be a futile
tion of the Inexorable Judgm
the tbosKhta. the beliefs, the
conscience and the InteUlgenee
vast population. Vhn Jason
Lee went away, plows were busy
on the farms, the hammc; audi
the tiff were re-echoing tbroufb
the forests, fires were burning in
happy horoea. the people were
fathering together In .villager
and towns, the beginnings of
commerce were vUible to tb riv
ers, roads were being made to
connect remote communities, the
processes of orderly government
were in control of the 4olnrt and
goings of men. and an American
state had been created.
Ie's Place Definel
"If Jason Lee had not come.
the irresistible flow of t!i stream
of inevitability r ould doubtless
have delivered the Oregon coun
try to its certain position as an
American state. Hot it It trne
that Jason Lee was a vital link
In the chain of fate that bound
Oregon to the American onion. It
is a strange fact that after the
discovery by Gray -of the Colum
bia, after the mighty adventure
of Lewis ft Clark, aftrr the tulM
Ing of a primitive Astoria and Its
early abandonment, all estabuin
Ing a Just claim to the -toll as Am
erican territory. Interest In a, re
gion so remote for minjr years
lain dormant. What would have
happened if England had em
barked on a systematic schrre of
colonization, and bad not merely
sought to exploit the country
through the prowess of the hun
ter and trapper may never be
known. Hut Jaton Lee's voice,
crying In the wilderness, reached
Washington and Jason Lee's
presence there started the legis
lative machinery for an . active
assertion of American lights.
"Jaaon Lee is more than a mis-
t . I&mIsav a
..... I sionary. a p.oneer, m. tunniKi,
rm..t patriot, a statesman. He H
lion or tne mexoraoie juanmeni i - - - - ----- -
of history, a confession that God ,b?l-a 'JP, .L "I
. . : .... .... ..j I nd done amid many trials ana
pern, oi uvyviiuuii' . 1 1 .
crystallized against official Ig
norance and neglect, or a mints
try bestowed on the friendless In
maps, depending chiefly upon
such Information as was given
him by men who were wholly un
mindful of. if net inimical to, hit
large purpose, and upon such
fragmentary information as the
ignorant Indians In an almost un-
understandable jargon could give
yet he grasped the strategic im-1 the lowly. Like -bis Master,
portance of bis centers ot influ- I was moved with compassion
ence with the mind of a states-never wearied in well doing.
man and the prophet of a great
civilization; and thus he laid his
plans for building Christian gov
ernment upon the ruins of bar
barism. This much must he ac
corded to him by all.
"But it was not his great phy
of an enthusiast In the bosom of
a' giant. It was the heart, of a
great, sincere man with a love
for the lowly. He was moved by
the, sincerest motives. His vir
tues were fundamental. His life
was devoted to opposition to
wrong, and kindly ' treatment to
he
He
He
(Continued on page 4)
'Fair-haired, azure eyed.
With the dew of his youth
And the beauty thereof:
As the captives whom St. Greg
ory saw, . ,- ,
And exclaimed, 'Not Angles, hut
angels.
THEVOYAGEOF THE LAUSANNE
i j. " f .
BY REV" JOHN PARSON, D. D.,
Secretary Oregon Methodist Historical Society
Eighty years ago the1 Lausanne .'ment was drawn up setting forth
entered the Columbia river with the extent and fertility of , the
1 a cargo of religion and patriotism
The arrival of the ship was an
event, and a story. ,As an event
It settled, potentially. he "Ore
gon Question"; and as a story it
is full of romance, of sublime and
heroic faith. It was. in fact, the
beginning of i the immigration
movement inaugurated by Jason
Lee, which Harvey Scott pro
nounced, "His greatest work in
behalf of Oregon.' r
A Greater Oregon.
' The Lausanne is a big V in the
story of Old Oregon, and it stands
for vision and victory. Vision ot
a greater Oregon, of a social order
guided and controlled by the
.United States, came to a small
. group of pioneers in the Willam
ette Valley in the spring of 1838.
, The vision resulted ta two out
standing and decisive transactions.
1. Daniel Lee, and H. K. W
, Perkins had been appointed to
, establish a Mission at The Dalles,
and before they left Willamette
station a general consultation was
held on the subject of a greater
, enlargement f the Missionary
work in Ok-egon. After canvassing
the matter a unanimous resolution
was adopted, advising Jason Lee
peoples to chance, or to whim, or
to accident, an acknowledgement
that the human will, operating
through a single mind, and not
the divine commandment, orders
the course of great events it Is
too much to say that but for Ja
son Lee, tbe record of the past
80 or 0 years in the far off fa-
cific northwest would have been
reversed, or even materially al
tered.
MiMtlonarles Agents of Peatlay
"It is correct to say that the
instrument through which dea
tiny wrought its immutable de
crees was tbe missionary move
ment, the seal, the fire, the con
secration and the self-sacrifice of
its evangels, their growing sense
ot duty to their country, and their
service in awakening the con
sciousness of the American goT
ernmt to its true responslUUity
for tbe future of the untuown.
but Indispensable, northwest.
say Indispensable, for without It
the united States could ana
dlan and the homeless Immigrant,
and of service performed to h:
country, one indifferent, now
grateful." .
i a man or mighty pur tlon. Wo can see clearly enough m'01 or,. v n pdu
ras a man ot sublime now that upon the foundation of tl?ere T,00 7v .e " "e, .
his Master's business missionary enthusiasm and instl- "L "ler 'hi t?V2?J!'i
, unttrlnr enerer. He tutinn. wa. kmm .v. now see what an Imperfect real
ization of the American Idea or
American Ideal ot an expanding
and advancing republic, possess
ing an entire continent ' or us
own. It would have been if the
western frontiers nad T.en -c
termined by the Rnck mountains.
to make a visit ' tn th -iTnttod
States for the '. purpose ot j repre
senting before the Board of Man
agers of the Missionary Society of
me aieinoatst Episcopal Church
and the public generally, the true
condition of Oregon, and of the
maians. md to solicit men and
money for the successful prosecu
- tlon of the work. Retetant nr
domestic ; reasons, Jason Lee con-j
. w ,ue uecisiou of bis
brethren,! and undertook the Over
land Journey to the United States.
z. Almost immediately a peti
tion rto the United States govern-
country, its mild climate. Uncer
tainty of speedy settlement tbe
advantage of the Pacific port for
t ... a w ji. .J
traae wnn unina ana inaianau
petitioning the government to ex
tend its laws over the territory.
This petition was the creation ot
Jason Lee, David Leslie ana Y. u.
Edwards, all members of the Meth
odist Mission. It was signed by
22 Americans and several French
Canadians, 31 persons in all.
' When Jason Lee left the Mission
on the 26th day of March. 1838. to
execute his great task, he carried
this petition with him, and it was
presented to the Senate January
28, 183. j .
Stirred th People.
Soon after his arrival in the
United States Jason Lee began
preaching and lecturing on the
Oregon Mission and on Oregon.
The effect of his message was
overwhelming. Gustavus Hines,
one of the Lausanne group, says:
"IUh success was unparalleled, and
sn Interest was excited throughout
the land amounting to enthusiasm.
Crowds thronged to see and hear
the pioneer missionary beyond the
Rocky Mountains, and the con
verted Indians who accompanied
him."
What was the result? Public
sentiment was aroused, and the
value of the Oregon country, as a
national asret. rr cognized as never
before. .Jason Lee lectured at Al
ton; Illinois, and the Alton Tele
graph, it a burst of enthusiasm.
said: ! , - - !
"Citizens of the West, will
you tamely consent that Ore
gon, one of the loveliest re
I gions that' Nature ever bel
stowed upon man, shall be-
( Continued on page 3)
As such he appeared to the belat
ed people to whom he devoted his
virile life; and to such he was
an angel. i
"Though we give much praise
to the canvas, no artist can do
more than outline the counte
nance of such a man; for there
must have spoken from it the
dignity; born of a mighty purpose
which is beyond the power of the
most accomplished .artist to de
pict. This must have fashioned
his everr movement and been
manliest in all his manner. The
clothing appropriate to the prim
itive; conditions In which he la-1
bored surely could not diguise
his dignity. It is clear that he
mcved- among his fellows as a
manifest leader of men.
Missionary Held Grunt.
"But not only so. Mentally,
likewise, he was a large man. Al
though his schooling was irregu
lar, and begun in earnest only af
ter the consecration of himself to
his lfe work, nevertheless his
lucid and forcible writings show
the training of a powerful mind.
All his writings show clear In
sight and large acquaintance with
the conditions which he faced 80
years ago in this Oregon of ours.
Seldom are papers more concise,
comprehensive. ' and discerning
than those which he and his col
leagues addressed to the United
States government and whieh
were presented to congress by
him upon the occasion of his first
return to the States after five or
six years of residence in the Val
ley ot the Willamette. In them
he goes to the heart of the mat
ter without circumlocution, with
out unnecessary- detail, and yet
wun an apparent grasp of the re
lation of the present to the fu
ture which marks the mind ot a
statesman. There was alwv
upon him the glow of a prophet.
"His statesmanlike comprehen
sion of the situation of this north
west, territory was especially
manifest In the strategic se
lection of the centers for his
mission and colonization work,
.....ucuiain, as u Dy pre
science, he established himself
and his missions in th nt...
most suitable for ; controlling In
fluence in the decades to come.
At the falls of the Willamette,
and in this beautiful Salem; at
the. mouth of the Columbia, and
at The Dalles, which was the pass
between the Inland Empire and
this mighty coast. i
Hardship Ar Told.
"What foresight! Though he
traveled only by foot and canoe,
without former explorations and
never faltered, and his mighty
service had upon it no rast of
gold. !
Colony Is Planned.
"It la easy. In the light of his
tory sow made, to see that Jason
Lee and his colleagues, and es-1 would not In any complete way
eical stature, and it was not his pecially after the 'great reinforce-1 have occupied the symmetrical
comprehensive mind, which char-1 ment' In 1840. were Intended to dimensions of a broad continent.
acterized him and made him fit I be more than a mlxulonarv mm. land the advance ot Its boundary.
to be the pioneer of a new civil!-1 pany. They were to be an Am- under pressure of Its needs, and
zation. The solid foundation oflerican colony. It Is very appar-1 under the inspiration or a com
his greatness was his character, cnt now that the work of that lit-1 Celling nationalism, to tbe waters
He was a great souL The Al-1 tie band of intense Americana I of the Pacific might never bar
mientv stamned nis soni witn tne i to hn ttia antic. i occurrea. tor wuuoui ur. u
Great Seal of His Kingdom. Ja-lof Christianity with r .i-m.. lis conceivable indeed it Is pos
son Lee was a man of mighty pur tion. We can u eie.ri .imn.h 'ble or. even psobable that
pose. lie was
devotion to
and was of, untiring energy. He tutlons. was to build the rich civil-
was a preacner ot morality, ra-1 lzation of many generations. The
teiiigence. culture, ana patriotism, i LAUsanne was a Pacific Mayflow-
His attitude was determined and I er, and Salem became a new Ply
unwavering. He soon became I mouth. Jas Lee was a trne nath.
1- i . . I . , . . w
me Knuwn ioe oi intemperance, i iinaer. ana became the foreran
ana anticipatea uregon s ireeaom cer of an emoire. llrrim tn
. . . .. . - a. aw a uiiiiru u sun i a mb
irom tne liquor uarnc by the ac- be an apostle to a benighted peo- The meanest intelligence, even.
iiuu ui ui mibtiuD in exurpai- pie. out ne gave direction t6 the -an understand that America
ing tne eany errorts or unprincl- moral and spiritual life of great would not have thus mature ! Into
pieu meu iu esiaunnu mai aoora- i common weaitn. i the full flower of Its development
maoie traae among tne maians. "The tongue of envy has "ones-1 an . Indestructible union of la
He was the champion of the right tioned his Americanism because destructible states but It would
and soon became the recognized I his birthplace was beyond the bor- have stopped short In U tracks
iriena oi tne inaian. . laers or the lad or his adoption I t the balf-mlie or tbe mile post
Indiana Are Good. I But his birthplace was but a elri of Its grand progress to a su-
"The call ot Jason Lee and his cumstance. He was born but a preme position In the great con-
heroic comrades was to the Indl-1 few miles across the New England re or naLons.
an. The call came to him In thelline nd bis heredity was all Am-I American Title Cleared
first flush of his new-born enthus-1 erican. So was his education: "When Jason Lee cam).' Ihe
lasm for Taumanitv. when he flrnt by choice be made himaeir great expanse of tetTitorr be-
became acauainted with the Son U American citizen. tween the 42nd and S4th parallel
of Man. It was that young en- "And we know now that by the tn 1t In tbe
thusiasm Wh ch brought him to I way ne aiscnarged the trnat .Im-1 twiiigni zone oi inwrniiKinii an
Oregon. And here, instead ofl?00 noon him. and by the re-
suits or bis life work, that he
was a proper representative of
mat intense American eccleslasti
cum which commissioned him.
ins Americanism was tiraetleai.
ously dlsaoDeared. In a few short na nis loyalty and love for Am
years the multitude to whom heencn institution is manifest In
had ded;cated his great life had IO lounaations Which Lave made
become a handful. luregon the intensely patriotic
i "Possibly tbe very kindness common weaitn she has ever been
which ministered to them contri-1 Letters Are Recalled.
uuieu in some degree io tneir "lie wrote to the missionary
t-iu ucienuiuua. mg writers i Doara wnicn originally sent him
agree that there was an element Into this territory as early as would control Am?rieaa fortunes,
ot mystery in the change that January. 1837. saying: "I am trom be Atlantic to tbe Pacific,
came to this benighted, people, fully of the oninlon that thi. I When Jason Lee cam the vast
Individuals Indeed ; were saved I country will settle ere lonr and wilderness was dedicated to prl
spiritually and morally and physU If you can send us a few rood
ivi uu ; kt iiuui seiners you will aid es
testlmony to the value of the sentially In laying foundation in
work of the missionary. time to come and confer an in
Lee la JHsappolnted. calculable benefit
The failure to civilize the In- which will be fit i,- . -Vi,.'
dians was the disappointment of I yet unborn." . 7
Life Insurance Men Form
Temporary Organization
Temporary .organization of the
life Insurance men of Salem was
effected at a meeting held at the
Commercial club rooms last night.
A permanent organization. It Is ex
pected, will be effected at a meet
ing held at the Spa a week from
next Saturday night and attbat
time a report will be made "rela
tlve to the possibility of affiliating
with the national organization of
life Insurance associations.
making bis) center among the
more promising Indians of the
inland country, he established it
among those most Inferior, and
decadent, and who soon mysterl-
MEMORIAL IN
WASHINGTON
IS ADVOCATED
Olcott Starts .MoTeaert
Which May Lead to Hitlw
er Honor for Patriot-'
METHODISTS PRAISED
GoTernor Acknowledge
Honor of Unveiling Pic
ture of Jaion Lee
In his opening address at the
unveiling of tbe Jaaon Lee por
trait in the hall ot repreae&u
tves yesterday. Governor Olcott,
who presided over the program
and uncovered tbe pktare. sit
under way a moveraeat which
doubtless will result in the plac
ing of a portrait or a bust ct U
noted missionary sad pioneer la
tbe national capltel at Wasklag.
ton. The governor's suggestion
was Ukea up by Edgar B, Piper,
editor of the Oregonlaa. la his
address, and It ta believed the
leaders of the Methodist cairtk
will carry It further la. da time.
In a brief speech on Jason L
Governor Olcott said:
I consider It a feign honor te .
have been selected as the oi was '
should unveil and accept for the
state of Oregon this splendid por
trait of a splendid man Juca
Lee.
The portrait of Dr. John Ttle
Loughllo aderns the senate c ha la
ter of this state. He also, was
a commanding figure la the i
tseme early history of the lia
vast territory known ai the Ore-
gon country- As chief factor et
the gfeat aad powerful "41 adaca'i '
Hay company, with headquarters .
at Willamette Falls, now Orexoa
City, he was kind to and rossid
erate of an settlers. British aa4
American alike, and haa beta
termed th roach courtesy; the first
governor of Oregon.
Miseion Prodeeee Governor.
-It Is fitting ta th extreme
that the portrait of Jason Lm
th on id hang her above the
speaker's desk la th capital ot
a stat which he car to oar ra
tion: la the capital city where
he founded th first school ta be
established on th western coast
of North America: In th caalul
city which he himtelf fonaded.
and la which he lived ta Its first
dwelling bouse. From th zels-
D. TL Perkins was elected Um- .-
. . va a w w - "'
porary cnairman ana t- j. w utara j prOTUloBai roTernment. Georrt
temporary secretary last night.
Tbe following loeal life Insurance
men were present: -. .
Harley C. Pugh. E. F. Smith.
n. II. Plxley. all of the Sew York
Life Insurance company; J. F.
Hutchason. of the Mutual Life of
New York: W. C. Dyer, of the
Missouri State Life lasuranc
company; A. C Bohrnatedt and L
A. Klein of the Travelers Life
Insurance company; S. EL Edwards
of th Equitable Life ot New
York: James II. Nicholson, of. the
Metropolitan Life; FL L Buchan
an, of the National Life; G. F.
Booth and G. F-' Hurd. of the
Bankers Reserve Life; E. J. Wil
lard, of the Prudential Lire; and
B. R. Perkins, of th Provident
Life Trust company.
As a membership committee
James II . Nicholson. E. F. Smith
and E. L. Buchanan were ap
pointed with Nicholson aa chair
man. As a commute on consti
tution aad by-laws. J. F. Hutcha
son. A. C Bohrnstedt aad W. C.
Dyer wer named with Jlalthasoa
as chairman. '
whoa portrait has
In th executive tt-
Abemethy,
long hung
flee.
"Within tb co a frees of (hit
city rest th bodies ot hla vL'i
and child, th first whit womaa
and her child to be buried ta
Oregon.. For S2 summer ti
sunshine and shadow have played
about th tomb of Aana Maria
PitrmaB Lee aad her lnfaat soa;
for 82 winters Oregon ralas aav
lovingly aad teaderly caress! ft;
aad there ah aad her only Vora
tie peacefully asleep ta a retae-
tery dedicated to th memory a
th husband aad father. Jasoa
Lee. .
Higher Honor Urged- '
"Dy every right of achleresfst.
by every, right of peaceful con
quest, th portrait ot Jason Lm
should adorn lh halls of th cap
itol build lags of oar 'state as loag
as those capitol buildlsru slaJ
endar.
"And to yen who know what
Jaaon Lee haa wrought; ta yea
(Coat Used on paga )
tbority known as tbe Joint occu
pancy. When Jason Lee went to
bis reward the shadows were die
appearing from the American
claim of title to a great portion
th 'most valuable and accessi
ble portion ot the vt domain,
and it had been forcer mads
certain that American feet would
tread American soli. American
hands build Americtn hemes,
communities, states, with all their
attendant circumstances of In
dqstry. education, rclision and
patriotism, and Amer'-can minds
his life. No one Tegretted aa did
he; But civilization made its de
mands and would be served. Ja
son Lee was called to a wider
work than appeared In hla first
commission, and Indeed he built
more wisely than even he knew.
In ten years the failure to accom
plish results among the Indians,
more ardently desired by himself
than any others, though also, ex
pected of him by those who had
commissioned him. well nigh
broke his great heart, and he re
turned east to answer to those
who misunderstood his methods
snd the conditions iwhictv he had
raced. In 15 years It was so ap
parent that God and country must
te served In a larger war. and
that Methodism had a larger work
to ao. that tbe mission to the In
dians' was almost totally discon
tinued. 1
"Before commenting upon, the
glory of the greater work done
by the mission band of which he
was the leader, it is proper that
we should give an additional
thought to the sincerity of pur
pose of this man whose features
ar disclosed on this canvas. Let
is see his heart as well as his
countenance. It was the heart
"When Jason Lee came tn Or.
gon missionary effort was In Its
uaiiuungs. prior to that time,
the Methodist Episcopal church
had occupied but one feld and
that the field of the Black Man
In Africa.! Jason Lee cam to
the Red Man. There were few
who understood at that time that
the church must minister to the
whole manhood, and that in
voice of the minister must be sup
ported by the practical and econ-
uc me or me people. Today
It Is clearly understood that for
nu.neui results ; civilization
m Ko nana in hand with the
proclamation or the gospel, and
ui no wont is snre until it Is
built into the life of a enmmnn-
Ity. nut 80 years am men sua
not so clearly see the nature of
the gospel proclamation. Eighty
years ago. even missionary boards
were insistent upon purely spirit
ua! results. .
"Eighty years aco. enthnataa.
and zeal, and pfetr were expected
to subdue the world to righteous
ness Jason Lee. from the very
first, realize! that Christianity
must be built Into civilization. He.
(Continued on pace 8)
meval solitude, th slletU rivers
JASON LEE MIONG THEPIONEERS
IJY REV. JOILN PARSONS, D.D.
The central fact of pioneer Or father brought him doa with a
egoa was the missionary move
ment, and th e-atral figure was
Jason Lee. The man and his
work are worthy ot careful study.
What maaaer of man waa he?
From various sources this picture
of him was gathered.
Jason Lee -waa Intended seem
ingly for great things. Nature
gave him a constitution like Iron.
His person was tall, being C feet
3 inches high, and well level-
1 ... . - - . -mm iiuivn
'"i ,TOSum " lr blond, with light hair and gray
distant seas, undisturbed save by
the bateaux ot the trapper.' the
cano of the savage, or the alow-
moving and doubting vesaot of tbe
hardy explorer: the field were
verdant with their natlv rrassen
or burdened with their heavy
tangle ot wild growths; the deer,
th bear, the cougar, had not
long ceased to marvel at tbe
'twiTtrT rf any chanc foot
print of big enemy man. nor
r ie to "r the crack of his
rifle; the wild duck honked his
lot iv way In the fall to the lush
tules ot the south, and In the
spring cam flying back to the
teeming lakes and stream ot th
north. The Indian alone p ipnlat
ed the open spaces, and lived as
h's fathers had lived. In Ignor
ance, in squalor and In supersti
tion. Light of Faith Appears -"When
Jason Lee passed on.
the church, through more than
one agency, had spread the l!ght
of faith, of hope and of respon
sibility., to the aborigine; and It
had besides made the beginnlara
of a great commonwealth for the
newcomlng American citizen. A
fHm of secular education,
closely related to the tenets of a
true religion, had been estab
lished, and a great school was
founded a university ithat has
had. through the 77 or 78 years
ot an honorable existence, a pro
found erfect. beneficial, noble,
uplifting, lasting on th Uvea,
tfh blue eyes; his mind waa large.
and responsive to all the pur as
piration of the , human con
science; hla manner waa grave
withoat dallnesa. gentle without
weakness: his spirit waa brave,
tireless. Indomitable, and his
character was sincere aad exem
plary, beaevo'.ent and all-embracing.
C. E. Cline. w-11 known Oregon
minister aad president ot the
Methodist Historical Society.
found this heroic Incident In Mr.
Lee a family aaaals:
"Jason Lee was ao bottle baby.
He waa well born aad well fed at
the breast of a human mother,
who9 nam before she was mar
ried was Whltaker Sarah Whit
aker: though, as a matter of fact.
Jason came amazingly near hav
ing no mother.
"One bright spring day a huge
bear, driven supposedly by hunger,
rushed through the open door of
the log-eabln where the Whltaker
family lived In th wilds or Con
necticut, making straight for th
sleeping child la Its cradle, when
the father, who fortunately was In
the bo?se. a man of great physical
strength and courage, grappled
with bruta. literally throwing him
out ot tb door. Slowly getting
th better of him la th struggle
that easued. till the beast, man
aging to get loose from his more
than a match, hustled up a near
by tree, front which Baby Sarah's
well-aimed rifle shot.
"In do time th pelt f flat
same bear, revered eilh aeary.
soft fur, was properly taased aad
served to keep Jason's etker'l
bed warm la tb sever N W
land aighta.
"Of such hardihood aad self-re-tralat
stock came tbe toasier f
Methodism aad civilization ta Ik
Northwest.
Admiration for Jaaoa Lee Is )
as natural as for the peaks f tas
Cascades. Iadeed. one aslxkt aT?
compare him la tb at rear -
his character aad th sabliatty v
hla lire to Mouat Hood, towrrug
above the level of the alala W-
th region of eieraal anew
sunshine. It is the purpose of Ui
paper to present Jaaoa Lee a he
la photographed by slsdenU
Oregon history. i
Paj master Slocum. of the rail
ed States Navy. vUlted Ike Or
Mission soon after it mas fousaea.
Oa his return to the failed Si'-
in lllf he wrote la Zloa's Hersi-.
"No language of rain caa convey
any adequate Idea of the great
benefit conferred upon Oregoa If
Jason Lee." Henry Ward Beecher
likened a good scaa to aa orau
tree. "Which scatters perfams a
It bears fruit. To Mr. Slocuss.
a man was Jasca Lee.
Bustavus Hiaee. who czn
Oregoa on the Lausaaa in H;
knew Jason Lee well aad eajefe
his confidence. lit estimate of U
great missionary Is summed BP
these words: "With heart as af
fectionate as ever beat la tie
breast f any man. Jaw
never alios ed his personal feel
ings to control his coedact,
they opposed themselves to "
call ot doty." He was the aer
aat of God aad datj: they were
the poles of his character, aad
them his life revolved.
Bishop Pimpsnn l'td Orsgs
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